Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1887-11-04

hall, of Iowa; Chairman OF the Exec
utive Committee: Lucy Stone, Of
Massachusetts,; Foreign Correspond
ing Secretary. Mrs. Julia Ward Howe,
of Rhode Island; Recording Secre-
tary, Martha Callahan, of Iowa; Cor
responding Secretary, Henry B.
Blackwell, of Massachusetts,; Treas
urcr, Mrs. Abbie |. Coleman, of Mas
sachusetts.
Equal Rights for Women.
PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Nov. LIN the
second days session of the American
Woman's Suffrage association, resolu-
tons were presented and laid ever de-
claring that government the best which
is founded on equal male and female
suffrage; that therefore this association
is non-partisan and should support the
candidates of political parties who ia
vor woman suffrage; that as first step
municipal suffrage should be demand
ed in every State, and that as second
step an appeal be made for the priv
ilege of voting for presidential electors.
The resolutions congratulate the legis-
Llature OF Kansas for extending full
municipal suffrage last March to the
women of that State, and halls the
National Woman's Christian Temper
ance Union as an efficient alley of the
woman suffrage movement, recognizes
the woman suffrage resolution of the
Knights of Labor, the land and labor
organizations, new party prohibition
lists and other political parties as an
evidence of the growing public senti-
ment in favor of the equal rights of
women.
A Capitalize Funny Find.
VICTORIA, Oct. 31.-The Times pub
fishes the following: Capt. Gluness,
of the steamer Woodside, states that 4
few days ago he picked up canoe
containing number of Indian men
and women, with white infant scarce
ly two years of age. The captain
kindly brought the occupants to this
city. They left the steamer taking
with them the child, which the cap
tain AYERS is undoubtedly full-blood
ed white baby. Another white child
is in possession of the Indians at
SOoke. On the west coast a number
of white girls belonging to former
resident of this city are living with In
dams, and one of the family is married
to Chinaman residing at Alberni.
The father of these girls is also living
| amongst the Indians. Some time ago
he informed a resident of this city that
a life spent among the Indians was
preferable to civilization.
A Telegrapher Goes Insane over the In.
diana RAILROAD Disaster.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. IA special
from Wabash, Ind, says: Charles
Moore, telegraph operator employed
at Huntington in the train dispatcher's
office Of the Chicago & Atlantic rail-
road at the time the terrible wreck &C.
Cured at Koutz has become insane.
Moore resigned his position several
days ago. He said his heart failed him
every time he entered the Office and re-
called the scenes enacted therein when
officials were receiving news of the kill
ing and cremation of their passengers.
On the day following the wreck, Moore
states, a number of officers of the road
met in the dispatchers Office at Hunt
ington, and they, with the telegraph
operator and train men, wept in each
others arms as the horrible news came
in. The chief dispatcher sickened of
reporting each hour additional deaths
and horrors, and called Moore to the
key. The young man stated the above
facts before he became insane. 1t was
not until yesterday that he showed
signs of insanity. g..
Condition sf Alaska.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 1.-Gov. Swim
ford, Of Alaska, in his annual report,
estimates the value of taxable prop
erty in the Territory at $4,000, 900
exclusive of the Alaska Commercial
company's establishment on the seal
islands. The increase he says will be
rapid as soon as Congress by neces-
sary legislation gives encouragement
to the sale of public lands. He says
that there is a very considerable acre
age of tillable land in southeastern
Alaska with soil that will produce
most luxurious vegetation, the fact
being that no one comes into the Ter
ritOry with the belief that either soil
or climate is adapted to agricultural
and horticultural pursuits, but the
few experiments that have been made
leave no room for doubt that oil the
cereals except corn can be grown to
perfection in many sections. Upon
the subject of stock raising he says
that the winters of southeastern Alaska
are much milder than those OF Mon
tana, Wyoming and Dakota, and the
seasons altogether are quite we'll
adapted to this industry.
The Governor SAYS that wonderful
results are being achieved in many en-
terprises, showing the territory to be
rich in precious metals.
The salmon, cod and whale fisheries,
he says, yielded about $4,000, 900 dur
ing the year.
| The Anarchists' Fate Sealed.
WASHINGTON, d. c., Nov. 1.-The
decision in the U. S. Supreme Court
upon the petition for writ of error in
the case of the Chicago anarchists,
was announced this afternoon by
Chief Justice Waite in a long and
carefully prepared opinion which oc-
cupied thirty-five minutes in its read
ing. The court holds in brief:
First-That the first ten amend
ments to the constitution are limita-
tons upon the federal and not upon
the state action.
Second-That they law OF Illinois is
upon its face valid and constitutional,
as in the decision of the last statute of
Utah, which was obtained in this
court IN the case of Hopt vs.. the Ter
ritory of Utah.
Third-That it does not appear on
record that upon evidence the trial
court should have declared Juror San
ford Us incompetent.
FOurth-That the objection to the
admission of Johann Most's letter and
the cross examination Of Snios which